Pest Management Professional, September 2015

ADVERTORIAL Fire it up Ohio PMP makes one heat treatment with the Heat Assault 500X to kill bed bugs eliminating return trips apartment to 130 F in fve to 10 minutes Horn says You dont realize how hot that is The potential of the machine is pretty powerful How a house or unit is structured afects how quickly it heats up For example larger spaces take less time to heat If a house has multiple smaller rooms it takes longer What a house is constructed of factors in too For example if a house has plaster walls it takes longer to heat than a house constructed with drywall The long end of our timeframes is eight or nine hours if its a big older house Horn says When heating a house or apartment Horns technicians will go inside every 15 to 20 minutes with a thermal imager to scan rooms to search for cold spots When they fnd them they redirect the heat or use a fan to move air to heat those spots In addition to using heat the crew will apply an insecticide on baseboards and door thresholds because bed bugs will emerge from their hiding places and seek colder areas Horn treats many apartment complexes and with the Heat Assault 500X he can treat more than one unit at a time This saves him hourly wages diesel fuel on which the Heat Assault runs and time on the job As a result of using the Heat Assault 500X Horn doesnt have to make multiple treatments to eradicate bed bug infestations anymore Tri County treats three to fve properties for bed bugs a day When I bought my frst Heat Assault unit I struggled to keep it busy Horn says Then we developed a reputation of fxing bed bug problems If we were called customers had to wait one week then it became two weeks We bought the second unit because customers dont want to wait longer than a week and a half to have their bed bug problem solved Tri Countys bed bug work has leveled of and its maintaining a seven to 10 day waiting period for customers Thats acceptable for most people Horn says Horn says he also likes how the new Heat Assault models are lighter and smaller which means it only takes one technician to set it up and take it down Horn converted his older machine with lighter smaller heaters The bottom line is that Heat Assault makes Horn happy I feel like Im helping people out he says I feel good knowing peoples bed bug problems wont return 1 877 474 2847 Heat Assault com During the past four years Tri County Termite Pest Control in Logan Ohio has developed a reputation for fxing bed bug problems whether its the frst company to treat an infestation or the second or third called to do the job correctly With many of the infestations we treat people have had bed bugs for six months to a year says Owner Danny Horn During that time people are constantly moving And in some cases other companies arent taking care of the problem properly and up front so we come in and fx it When Horn frst bought the Heat Assault 500X Tri County which has been in business since 1973 was a smaller company He performed most of the bed bug treatments chemically making four trips to eradicate each infestation That was fne for a while but the bed bug jobs increased from once a month to once a day he says In fact our bed bug work has steadily increased during the past four years to where it consists of about 50 percent of our business With that kind of volume I couldnt do all the follow up treatments that were needed It became too overwhelming Almost four years ago wanting to buy the best equipment available he says Horn researched and read about Heat Assault equipment He made the decision to purchase the Heat Assault 500X It worked so well that just a few months ago he purchased a second unit to accommodate his growing bed bug business Quick and efcient The Heat Assault 500X features two 25000 BTU hour coil burners fve unit heater fan sets and a 75kW generator In a 1500 sq ft home for example the kill zone temperature of 122 F can be reached in one hour Its common for customers to return to their homes six to eight hours after the treatment started For Horn it takes four hours including setup and takedown to heat a 700 to 1000 sq ft apartment You really notice the 500000 BTUs when heating a small

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